Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Henry SHIPPEN
The Provincial Councilors of Pennsylvania 1733-1776. Those Earlier Councillors Who were some time Chief Magistrates of the Province, and their Descendants Early Councillors who were Chief Magistrates of the Province. Edward Shippen. Henry Shippen , son of Joseph and Jane (née Galloway) Shippen , p. (79), b. Dec. 28, 1788 , d. Meadville , March 2, 1839 , was educated for the bar, and in successful practice at Lancaster . When the war of 1812 broke out, he joined the army, and proved his valor and patriotism during the attack on Baltimore . He suffered afterwards from inflammatory rheumatism, but on recovery, resumed his profession, and moved to Meadville , became member of the Legislature, and President Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, m. May 1, 1817 , Elizabeth Wallis Evans , b. March 24, 1798 .
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